pêcher
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old French peschier, from Latin piscārī.
Verb edit
pêcher
- to fish
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of pêcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | pêcher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | pêchant /pɛ.ʃɑ̃/ or /pe.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | pêché /pɛ.ʃe/ or /pe.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | pêche /pɛʃ/ |
pêches /pɛʃ/ |
pêche /pɛʃ/ |
pêchons /pɛ.ʃɔ̃/ or /pe.ʃɔ̃/ |
pêchez /pɛ.ʃe/ or /pe.ʃe/ |
pêchent /pɛʃ/ |
| imperfect | pêchais /pɛ.ʃɛ/ or /pe.ʃɛ/ |
pêchais /pɛ.ʃɛ/ or /pe.ʃɛ/ |
pêchait /pɛ.ʃɛ/ or /pe.ʃɛ/ |
pêchions /pɛ.ʃjɔ̃/ or /pe.ʃjɔ̃/ |
pêchiez /pɛ.ʃje/ or /pe.ʃje/ |
pêchaient /pɛ.ʃɛ/ or /pe.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | pêchai /pɛ.ʃe/ or /pe.ʃe/ |
pêchas /pɛ.ʃa/ or /pe.ʃa/ |
pêcha /pɛ.ʃa/ or /pe.ʃa/ |
pêchâmes /pɛ.ʃam/ or /pe.ʃam/ |
pêchâtes /pɛ.ʃat/ or /pe.ʃat/ |
pêchèrent /pɛ.ʃɛʁ/ or /pe.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | pêcherai /pɛʃ.ʁe/ |
pêcheras /pɛʃ.ʁa/ |
pêchera /pɛʃ.ʁa/ |
pêcherons /pɛʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
pêcherez /pɛʃ.ʁe/ |
pêcheront /pɛʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | pêcherais /pɛʃ.ʁɛ/ |
pêcherais /pɛʃ.ʁɛ/ |
pêcherait /pɛʃ.ʁɛ/ |
pêcherions /pɛ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pe.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pêcheriez /pɛ.ʃə.ʁje/ or /pe.ʃə.ʁje/ |
pêcheraient /pɛʃ.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | pêche /pɛʃ/ |
pêches /pɛʃ/ |
pêche /pɛʃ/ |
pêchions /pɛ.ʃjɔ̃/ or /pe.ʃjɔ̃/ |
pêchiez /pɛ.ʃje/ or /pe.ʃje/ |
pêchent /pɛʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | pêchasse /pɛ.ʃas/ or /pe.ʃas/ |
pêchasses /pɛ.ʃas/ or /pe.ʃas/ |
pêchât /pɛ.ʃa/ or /pe.ʃa/ |
pêchassions /pɛ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ or /pe.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
pêchassiez /pɛ.ʃa.sje/ or /pe.ʃa.sje/ |
pêchassent /pɛ.ʃas/ or /pe.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | pêche /pɛʃ/ |
— | pêchons /pɛ.ʃɔ̃/ or /pe.ʃɔ̃/ |
pêchez /pɛ.ʃe/ or /pe.ʃe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
pêcher m (plural pêchers)
Further reading edit
- “pêcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.